Belgian, Dutch Mine Hunters to be Armed with Bofors Naval Guns
BAE Systems has been selected to supply 12 Bofors 40 Mk4 naval guns to the Belgian and Dutch navies as part of the Mine Counter Measures Vessels (MCMV) program. The shipbuilding company Kership will install the guns on the fleet of 12 mine hunting vessels – six for Belgium, six for...
Russia's Proposed Aircraft Carrier to Have Ski Jump, Electromagnetic Catapult Launch
The Russian Navy's proposed nuclear powered aircraft carrier will have both ski-jump and an electromagnetic catapult launch system. According to Alexei Rakhmanov, General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), the proposed carrier will be designed to work with both legacy aircraft which require a ski jump and future warplanes that...
Russian MoD Team in Sudan to set up Naval Base
A team consisting of members within the Russian Ministry of Defense have visited Sudan to begin work related to the latters plan to set up a naval base for its Navy. "A reconnaissance commission that worked there left, clarified the technical capabilities and the required volume of auxiliary buildings and structures,"...
U.S. Navy to Receive Littoral Combat Ship Simulators
CAE USA and Pinnacle Solutions announced their joint venture company Xebec will be delivering the first three Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Bridge Part-Task Trainers (BPTTs) to the United States Navy. The new LCS BPTTs recently completed factory acceptance testing at CAEs facility in Tampa, Florida and will now be packed and...
340 Stealthy Combat Speedboats Join Iranian Navy Fleet
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has received 340 stealthy speedboats capable of carrying weapons. The speedboats joined the IRGC Navys fleet in Irans southern port city of Bandar Abbas Monday on the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Iranian-state owned
Phased Array radar, Vertical Launching Systems in Pakistan Navy’s Type 054A/P Frigates...
Pakistan Navys Type 054A/P frigates, ordered from China will come equipped with an SR2410C phased radar and 32-cell Vertical Launching System (VLS) able to launch the YJ-12 anti-ship cruise missiles. Other armaments include eight C-803 anti-ship / land-attack cruise missiles, one PJ26 76 mm dual-purpose naval gun, two Type 730 7-barrel 30 mm CIWS guns or Type 1130, six 324mm Yu-7 ASW torpedo launchers, two Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher (36 rockets carried) and two Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers,
Chile to Equip Ex-Australian Frigate with SM-2 Block IIIA Missiles
Chile is likely to place an order for Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IIIA missiles to arm the Navys Adelaide-class frigates formerly used by Australia. The U
Seychelles Orders 300-ton Fast Patrol Vessel from India’s GRSE
Indias Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) has signed a contract to provide a 300-ton Fast Patrol Vessel to Seychelles
China Launches Type 075 LHD, Pakistan Navy’s Second Type 054A/P Frigate
China launched the third Type 075 landing helicopter dock (LHD), and second Type-054 frigate ordered by the Pakistan Navy at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard today. Development work on Type 075 helicopter carriers began in 2011
Saab Secures Two Swedish Contracts Pertaining to Visby-Class Corvettes
Saab and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, (FMV), have signed two agreements valued $23 million (190 MSEK) to work on Visby-class corvette upgrades and acquisition of next-generation of these ships. The contracts cover Product Definition Phase for the Mid-Life Upgrades (MLU) of five Visby-class corvettes, as well as a Product Definition Phase for the next generation; Visby Generation 2 corvettes
Turkey to Launch First Indigenous Frigate on Jan 23
Turkey will launch its first frigate of Istanbul-class built under national MILGEM project on January 23. The 113m warship is expected to be delivered to Turkey's Naval Forces Command in 2023,
Dutch F-35s Train for Rapid Deployment in Estonia
Turkish Baykar to Make Drones in Morocco
Sweden Announces $1.2B Military Support, its Biggest Ever to Ukraine
French Armament Directorate Orders Renovation of 100 Leclerc Tanks
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U